Dense Fog, Cheyenne Foothills
- When
- February 3, 3:00 AM MST to February 5, 10:00 AM MST
- Where
- Cheyenne Foothills forecast zone
Dense Fog in Wyoming, February 3 to 5, 1998
Dense fog occurred across all of Platte and Laramie Counties, reducing visibilities to less than a quarter of a mile. The Highway Patrol reported 16 accidents over the three-day period, with 5 injuries in Laramie and Albany counties.
The toll
- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 5
- Property damage
- $32,000
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 3
Deaths and injuries are direct and indirect together, as the offices filed them. Damage is property and crops in the dollars of the year, not adjusted for inflation, and only where an office estimated it.
What happened
The episode as NWS CYS wrote it up.
Dense fog occurred across all of Platte and Laramie Counties, reducing visibilities to less than a quarter of a mile. The Highway Patrol reported 16 accidents over the three-day period, with 5 injuries in Laramie and Albany counties. A man was struck by a car on Interstate 25, two-miles south of Cheyenne, at 0900 on the 5th, as he volunteered to guide traffic around an accident in the southbound lane of I-25. The driver of the car which struck the man did not see him because of the fog. The injured man was treated and released from the hospital.
Event by event
3 dense fog. Local standard time, as filed.
Dense Fog, Pine Bluffs
- When
- February 3, 3:00 AM MST to 10:00 AM MST
- Where
- Pine Bluffs forecast zone
Dense Fog, Platte
- When
- February 3, 3:00 AM MST to 10:00 AM MST
- Where
- Platte forecast zone
- Injuries
- 5 direct, 0 indirect
- Property damage
- $32,000
What these are
- Dense Fog
- Fog reducing visibility to a quarter mile or less, filed where it caused accidents or disruption.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
The same day elsewhere
- Heavy Snow in Kentucky, February 3 to 6, 1998
- Heavy Snow in Kentucky, February 3 to 6, 1998
- Heavy Rain in West Virginia, February 3 to 4, 1998
- Ice Storm in Nebraska, February 3, 1998
- Flood in California, February 3 to 21, 1998
- Winter Storm in West Virginia, February 3 to 6, 1998
- Winter Storm in North Carolina, February 3 to 6, 1998
- Heavy Snow in Tennessee, February 3 to 4, 1998
- Heavy Snow in Kentucky, February 3 to 6, 1998
- Flood in California, February 3, 1998
- High Wind in Nevada, February 3, 1998
- Flash Flooding and Heavy Snow in North Carolina, February 3 to 4, 1998
More
Every storm in Wyoming in 1998Every state in 1998This day in weather historyWarnings in Wyoming, February 1998
Sources
NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database, compiled from the National Weather Service’s monthly Storm Data. Complete through 2026-06; NCEI adds each month about 75 days after it ends and revises past years a few times a year. Rebuilt 2026-09-30. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 5630837, 5630838, 5630839.